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America Goes Green

9 November 2016

By Deej Sullivan

Well, that was unexpected. When I wrote two weeks ago that the third and final instalment of my Prop 64 series (read part one here) would involve ‘rooting through the rubble of the election results,’ I did not expect that rubble to include Hilary Clinton’s political career, and the hopes and dreams of the Democratic Party.

Donald Trump has won. He is, unbelievably, President elect, and with that the entire political landscape both in the US and abroad has shifted dramatically, and what could have been a day of great celebration for supporters of progressive reform has become one of soul searching and occasional outright despair. But let’s try and stay on topic, because Trump wasn’t the only winner in Tuesday’s election. The other was cannabis.

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